Speaker 1: I just gotta seven first down to twenty seven han sec.
Speaker 1: That's Ben the Frokeana Wisconsin, the Steelers second round.
Speaker 2: Take me through what you want to accomplish in this
Speaker 2: final preseason game personally.
Speaker 1: Personally, I just kind of wanna get ready for seasons,
Speaker 1: you know, just getting to learn offenses. This is our
Speaker 1: first like mock week where we get to uh kind
Speaker 1: of strategize against a different offense. So just getting the
Speaker 1: offensive side of the ball mentally and then just going
Speaker 1: out there and showing my pass rush.
Speaker 2: You slim down this offseason, Uh, how has your weight?
Speaker 2: Has it stayed the same or fluctuated, and how has
Speaker 2: it helped you?
Speaker 1: It helped me big time in camp. You know, we
Speaker 1: out there long days, just a lot more running and
Speaker 1: just standing more conditions. I feel like just shedding those
Speaker 1: couple pounds or whatever really helped me to go out
Speaker 1: there and play more snaps and I feel the difference
Speaker 1: this preseason for sure.
Speaker 2: How did you go about deciding to do that?
Speaker 1: It was just a personal decision. I was a little
Speaker 1: lighter for combine and then kind of put the weight
Speaker 1: back on last season thinking I needed to be bigger
Speaker 1: to be stronger. But realized that's not how my body works.
Speaker 1: And even with the weight loss, I was still strong
Speaker 1: and I was a lot faster.
Speaker 2: When a hot lotrope day kind of gets to you, right, Yeah,
Speaker 2: for sure. The sack that you combined with Nick herbeg,
Speaker 2: what did that mean to you guys? I know it's
Speaker 2: just the preseason, but you guys go so far back.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, that's that's my brother from another mother.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't trade that for anything else, and I'm glad
Speaker 1: that I was able to share with him. And it
Speaker 1: just kind of we had another cool picture and it
Speaker 1: kind of reminded us of like the pictures we used
Speaker 1: to get at Wisconsin and just collabing those and just
Speaker 1: thinking of how far we came. It's awesome.
Speaker 2: What would you describe your rookie class as you guys
Speaker 2: have so many people who did step up last year
Speaker 2: and are expected to step up again this year.
Speaker 1: Uh. I would say our rookie class is full of competitors,
Speaker 1: and we go out there and compete, uh and a
Speaker 1: lot of learners. I feel like everybody has their own flaws,
Speaker 1: but I think a lot of guys in our class
Speaker 1: are able to learn from each other and just asks
Speaker 1: questions for the older people and stuff like that. So
Speaker 1: I feel like that's gonna take us a long way.
Speaker 2: Who's the most vocal among your class?
Speaker 1: It would probably be me and Nick for sure, not Joey.
Speaker 2: Not Joey.
Speaker 1: He he he can be, but he he don't really
Speaker 1: talk that much. He just go out there and work.
Speaker 2: Okay. Uh. Speaking of a rookie from this year's class,
Speaker 2: Zach Frazer, what have you seen from him in practice?
Speaker 1: You know, he's a You could tell he got wrestling
Speaker 1: in his background. He got good feet, uh, good leverage,
Speaker 1: good hands. I think it's a great guy. He's he's
Speaker 1: learning his role for sure, and just getting more comfortable
Speaker 1: with the league.
Speaker 2: Arthur Smith said that he came ready and he's proved
Speaker 2: that he's ready and mature and has all that experience.
Speaker 2: How have you seen him grow though?
Speaker 1: Just just his comfort, like getting more comfortable with the
Speaker 1: game and not not making the game a more complicated
Speaker 1: than what it actually is. I feel like as a rookie,
Speaker 1: you can come in and your head can just be
Speaker 1: spending by learning all the new techniques or new plays,
Speaker 1: whatever the case may be. But I feel like he
Speaker 1: towards the middle of camp. He got a grasp on
Speaker 1: that and he was able to communicate. He was more confident.
Speaker 2: You can just tell you told me in the off
Speaker 2: season during OTAs that you would beat any of the
Speaker 2: wrestlers if you guys want. Do you still agree with that? Yes,
Speaker 2: even after what you said about Frasier. Yes, okay.
Speaker 1: Just like he can get his hands on somebody, I
Speaker 1: can get my hands on somebody.
Speaker 2: Alright. Thanks for your time. We appreciate it.
Speaker 1: Thank you.